<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-96. - Complaint procedure; notice; answer; hearing.</div>
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               (a)<span class="ital"></span>
               
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               <span class="ital">Petition, motion and complaint for declaration as unfit for human habitation; notice.</span> Whenever a petition is filed with the minimum housing code enforcement officer by
               at least five residents of the county charging that any dwelling is unfit for human
               habitation, or whenever it appears to the minimum housing code enforcement officer
               (on his own motion) that any dwelling is unfit for human habitation, the minimum housing
               code enforcement officer, if his preliminary investigation discloses a basis for such
               charges, shall issue and cause to be served upon the owner of the parties in interest
               in such dwelling, including lienholders and tenants, if any, as shown by the records
               of the county register of deeds, a complaint stating the charges in that respect and
               containing a notice that a hearing will be held before the minimum housing code enforcement
               officer (or his designated agent) at a place within the county in which the property
               is located therein, fixed no less than ten days, nor more than 30 days after the serving
               of such complaint.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Property owner's right to answer; hearing procedure.</span> The owner and parties in interest shall be given a right to file an answer to the
               complaint and to appear in person, or otherwise, and give testimony at the place and
               time fixed in the complaint.
               
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               (c)
               
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               <span class="ital">Rules of evidence relaxed.</span> The rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity shall not be controlling
               in hearings before the minimum housing code enforcement officer.
               
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               (Ord. No. 37, Â§ 3-304, 5-16-1994)
               
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